Automobile signal



W. CLINE. AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL. APPLICATION'FILED SEPT. 10. t92lflu en Z01- Patented May 2, 1922.

"WESLE'Y'CLINE, OF EDWIOIEI'IDIT, ALBERTA, CANADA.

AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL.

Application filed September 10, 1921.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, lVnsLnY CLiNE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at the city of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automobile Signals, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in automobile signals and is for the purposeof indicating to the car following, the intention of the car in front, to turn off in either direction and would be of a special advantage to a closed ear where it is impossible for a driver to put his arm out.

The device consists'of two arms enclosed in a metal casing, one at-either -side,'and is attached to the car below the windshield. A hand is formed at the'end of each arm,

having folding fingers, which spread out when the arm is projected and "fold inward when the arm is pulled back into the caslng. The second and third fingers are fashioned 'out of the end of the strips forming the arm.

The little finger, index finger and thumb are made of separate pieces'and fit into spaces formed by the three strips which go to make up the arm. These strips'are he'ld apart by fillers placed at the tips-of the second and third fingers and by strips fastened across the top and bottom just back of the movable fingers.

The little finger, index finger and thumb are pivoted in the spaces between the strips forming the arm and have tension springs attached to the inner ends of same and the other ends of the springs connected to the centre strip forming part of the arm, to keep the fingers spread out when the arm is ex posed. When the arm is pulled in, the movable fingers are forced into the spaces between the strips forming the arm by guide pieces at the upper and lower edges of the casing. The centre strip of the arm has a portion cut out just back of the inner end of the fingers, to allow the springs to fit in and to form an edge to attach the other ends of springs to.

The casing enclosing the arms is made in two lengths, with a sleeve or holder in the centre to allow the casing to be lengthened or shortened to suit the width of the car to which it is to be attached. Each length of casing is made in four pieces, the top and bottom being curved in the form of a half circle, with the ends being bent back to form Patented May Serial No. 499,642.

being easily handled by the driver "of the car, without having to reach too far'to either side.

The device issuitably attached to'the car by screws or-brackets.

When the device is used with a closed car,

small brackets with'guide'pulleys are placed aterther-side wherethe openings are made in the car 'for'thearms to pass-through,'for the pur ose of guiding the arms out and in.

The'brackets are attached to the ends of the device itself when used with an open car.

I attain these objects by means of the 'mechanism as shown in the accompanying drawings. in which Fig.1 1s a front vrew-of-the device showing one half insection and the other hal'f in full; one arm projecting, showing fingers extendedwhen acting-as a signal, andthe other arm drawn back into the casing with the fingers folded together. 7

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the arm showing the movable fingers pivoted to the arm and attached by springs to the centre strip, which has a portion cut away to receive the springs.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the arm, showing the position of the three strips forming the arm with the spaces in between and the fingers fitting therein and the springs attaching the fingers to the centre strip.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the device showing the position of the arm inside the casing.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the bracket which is affixed to the car at the openings through which the arms pass to guide them in passing out or in.

' Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the various views.

A is the device which is a metal casing made in two lengths and held together in the centre by the sleeve B, which is for the purpose of allowing the device to be lengthened or shortened to suit the width of the car. Each length of the device A is made in four pieces, the top Q and bottom D are semi-circular in form with the lower edges turned up forming grooves a and b. The sides E and E are flat strips of metal having their edges turned back forming grooves 0 and (Z, said grooves engaging with the grooves: a and Z) of the top and bottom strips C and D, allowing the sides to slide into place.

This design allows the whole device to be easily taken apart.

Inside the casing are the two signal arms G, one to operate on either side of the car. U-shaped strips H are affixed inside the top and bottom C and D of the casing, to act as runners and guides for the arms G. At the end of each arm is a hand I. The second and third fingers c and f of the hand I are formed at the end of the strips composing the arms G. The little finger g, the index finger h and the thumb are made in separate pieces and are pivoted in the spaces formed between the three strips forming the arm G. The fingers h and g slide into the same space between two strips of the arm G, only from opposite sides, and a small guiding strip is is attached to the upper edge or the centre strip J, and the lower end of the strip overlaps a portion of finger g to guide same into place and to keep the two fingers g and h from catching or interfering with one another.

When the arm G is exposed, the fingers spread in the form of an open hand and are held in that position by springs K attached to the pivoted ends of the fingers, which are so shaped and pivoted that the pull of the springs keep them spread out. The centre strip J of the arm G has a portion cut out to allow space for the springs K, which are also attached to the centre strip at the end of the opening. The centre strip J of the arm G is slightly longer than the two outer strips and has a rod L attached to this projection and held in place by nut Z. The rod L then passes through slot M in the side strip E and turns at right angles and projects along the face of the side strip E a suilicient distance to make it convenient for the driver of the car to operate the signal without reaching too far in either direction. The slot M is of suiiicient length to allow the rod L to slide the necessary distance to extend the signal. arm to its full length.

N is a bracket with guiding pulleys m and n and is attached to the opening made in a closed car, to guide the arms out and in. It used on an open car,the guide pulleys are attached to the ends or" the casing.

What ll claim as my invention is:

In a vehicle signal, a case and an expanding signal formed of an arm portion and a hand portion the former being formed of a strip of material terminating in two fingers of the hand and of other strips spaced to form finger slots and spring slots, fingers in said slots and springs holding said fingers to their expanded position and a crank operating mechanism adapted to retire said hand in said case and coincidently close in the fingers to their slots.

Signed at the city of Edmonton, this 26th day of August, 1921.

D. SANDILANDSG 

